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i really want to re-do the master bathroom flooring


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it's yellowing in places and it looks horrid. i want to replace it with porcelain tile but i know it's going to be a bitch and a half to find decent tile and someone better to install it. bonus season is coming up, but i have to choose between doing that or a trip i've been wanting to do since paying myself back for the house down payment

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Flooring itselfisn't that expensive, it is the prep work that can run up the cost.

Of course, you can always skip the ditra, but then you'll be filling in cracks and probably dealing with rotten subfloor in a year or less...

 

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not sure what that is, is that a sealant or something? i either want pre-sealed grout or something decent that they'll seal then and i'll use the second shower for like a week until it dries

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We ripped up the ancient floor in the kitchen and put in tile. It took us so long to do it because we were pretty sure the old floor was asbestos tile and I was waffling on how to take care of it.

So on the day of, my father ("it's not the bad kind of asbestos you're thinking of") gives me a hammer and another tool to pry off the trim, telling me to be careful and not to ruin the wood so he can reuse it after. So of course as I'm distracted, carefully trying to pry the wood off without splitting it, he takes this mean looking shovel tool and just starts scraping the whole thing up as if it were impacted snow and ice on the driveway. 

Dodging death aside, it looks a whole lot nicer with actual tile.

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i'm going to get pricing to check but i'd have to do it probably during a time when they're not busy so prices are lower. i don't really care about the other bathrooms that have it because i don't ever use them but this one i use daily and it just looks awful

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2 hours ago, Naraku4656 said:

it's this really gross linoleum that i've hated since i moved in. flooring is goddamn expensive though. christ i sound like my parents

For a bathroom? you fucking cheapskate. Also, who the fuck visits that would care?

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5 hours ago, Ginguy said:

Flooring itselfisn't that expensive, it is the prep work that can run up the cost.

Of course, you can always skip the ditra, but then you'll be filling in cracks and probably dealing with rotten subfloor in a year or less...

 

you are correct with in time the sub floor will rot away..being a bathroom it needs to be water proof ..tiles n grout alone are not water tight.. a water proof membrane is need .0749_waterproofbath_15.jpgwaterproofing-bathroom_01.jpg

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My bathroom floor is bare concrete.

Some dumby thought it was a good idea to carpet the bathroom and when a pipe burst that carpet was ruined. Also years of shower leaks and toilet overflows hastened its demise.

It was ripped out and left as-is.

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30 minutes ago, Nabloom said:

Why not just throw some better looking linoleum down 

because if i have to spend the money to rip it out i might as well put in something nicer

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12 minutes ago, Naraku4656 said:

because if i have to spend the money to rip it out i might as well put in something nicer

If it's in good condition you don't need to take it out. Just lay some cheap new vinyl or some shit that you can stand to look at on top. Can DIY or pay someone not very much

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5 hours ago, Nabloom said:

If it's in good condition you don't need to take it out. Just lay some cheap new vinyl or some shit that you can stand to look at on top. Can DIY or pay someone not very much

again, this. if you have to take up the old linoleum, then do it. but if it's still adhered pretty well with not giant gouges or corners pulling up, just lay new right over the top of the old. 

and use vinyl plank. i'm tellin' ya.

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7 hours ago, Naraku4656 said:

because if i have to spend the money to rip it out i might as well put in something nicer

If the existing floor is not bubbling or peeling anywhere, you can just lay a new floor over top of it and the old floor will act as an insulator.

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1 hour ago, wacky1980 said:

and use vinyl plank. i'm tellin' ya.

Yep, waterproof stuff like Allure. Looks like real wood, but it has overlapping that sticks to itself rather than the floor below. You can cut it with a razor knife (for straight lines I score it and break it) or even scissors for odd cuts.

 

Also, your bathroom shouldn't need more than two boxes and that's for a big bathroom. It's about $48 a box.

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